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The city was declared a disaster area and Major-General
Stretton, of the Natural Disasters Organisation, flew into
Darwin. Police patrolled to prevent looting of abandoned
premises and to destroy stray dogs that might spread disease.
Darwin was evacuated with almost 26,000 people airlifted
by the RAAF, US Air Force and commercial airlines. A
further 10,000 left by road and petrol vouchers were issued.
Entry to Darwin was restricted to essential personnel.
By New Year’s Day Navy ships HMAS Melbourne, Stuart,
Brisbane and Flinders had arrived. The cleanup moved into
full swing. 10,000 military personnel came ashore each day
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and moved from house to house removing rotting food from
refrigerators and disinfecting premises. Rubble was cleared
and valuables retrieved and catalogued.
The death toll was 65 with over 1,000 injured. Damage
was estimated at $500 - $10,000 million with 90% of houses
destroyed or unlivable. Some people who left never returned.
The Darwin Reconstruction Commission was set up with
a new cyclone building code and Darwin was rebuilt to the
modern city it is today. Grateful loss of life was not worse,
Darwinians replaced material things and rebuilt their lives,
but they will never forget Christmas 1974.
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